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11-03-02 Protests against Bank of America // Las protestas contra el Bank of America // 抗议美国银行

Protests against BofA nationwide... on a small scale, yet a new sign of awareness...
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US Uncut's Anti-Austerity Protests Hit Bank of America

Monday 28 February 2011

by: Alissa Bohling, t r u t h o u t | Report

US Uncut's Anti-Austerity Protests Hit Bank of America
Protesters participate in a US Uncut action on Bank of America in Washington, DC. US Uncut is a new movement that has sprung from a UK-based anti-austerity group and they have chosen Bank of America as their first corporation to target. (Photo:USUncut.org)

Anna Becker looks tired. Becker is leaning against the brick wall beside the entrance to Bank of America's Pearl District branch in Portland, Oregon, where one of over 50 nationwide protests by US Uncut has been underway for nearly two hours.

But Becker, a retired teacher, is just as energized as the protesters at the front of the crowd of about 60, who spill into the street and draw long, loud honks from the stream of cars driving toward the Willamette River.

Full story:
http://www.truth-out.org/us-uncuts-anti-austerity-protests-start-small-strong-against-bank-america68108

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